The Sharpe ratio describes how much excess return you receive for the added volatility that you tolerate for holding on to a risky asset.

The Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) is one such tool that helps explain the relative change in the price of raw materials purchased by Canadian manufacturers.

Personal Consumption Expenditure, or PCE, is an inflation index similar to the Consumer Price Index. In the United States, it is released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce and it is the preferred gauge of inflation by the Federal Reserve.

The business process whereby securities are delivered to the buyer in exchange for payment to the seller, which usually takes place one to three days after the deal.